Kensington and Chelsea council voted on 6 June to replace all fire doors across the borough. This comes a year after the fire that destroyed Grenfell Tower and took the lives of 71 people. The council confirmed that they will replace a total of 4,000 fire doors at a...

The Grenfell fire was back in the news again with the release of a long-awaited review into UK building regulations on Thursday 17 May. Regulations governing fire safety were heavily criticised following the tragedy. Dame Judith Hackitt authored the report which...

In this, the third of our blogs in the Grenfell Tower series, we review the latest market survey from the Fire Industry Association (FIA). As a snapshot of current trends, it highlighted the impact that both the Grenfell disaster and Brexit negotiations are having on...

Wednesday 14 June 2017 marks the date of one of the deadliest fires in UK history. At around 1am, Grenfell Tower in west London was rapidly engulfed in flames. The fire tore through the 24-storey high tower block in less than an hour. What went so wrong with fire...

In this blog, the second in our series on the Grenfell fire, we continue to review the fire safety facts and evidence. The media focused intense scrutiny on building and fire safety regulations and the extent to which they were heeded. Tower blocks around the UK fail...